[Avodah] How long did Nevuchadnetzar reign?

Micha Berger micha at aishdas.org
Tue Mar 1 20:16:53 PST 2011


On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 04:00:41AM +0000, kennethgmiller at juno.com wrote:
: So: If Evil Merodach became king in the 37th year of Yehoyachin's exile,
: that was the 44th year of Nevuchadnetzar, *not* the 45th.

Not being in the sugya, I didn't fully follow. However, Adar is between
Tishrei and Nissan, and thus between the time N's reign year-count gets
incremented and Yehoyachin's. Could that be relevant?

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha



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